Harry Stovey on a 1887-1890 Goodwin & Company baseball card (Old Judge (N172)). Harry Duffield Stovey, born Harry Duffield Stowe (December 20, 1856 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - September 20, 1937 in New Bedford, Massachusetts), was a Major League Baseball player for the Worcesters (1880-1882), Philadelphia Athletics (1883-1889), Boston Reds/Beaneaters (1890-1892), Baltimore Orioles, (1892-1893), and Brooklyn Grooms (1893). A great home run hitter, Stovey was one of the first players to slide feet-first.